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Improving C-balances on organic farms for the sequestration of atmospheric carbon
(Improving the carbon balance on organic farms to sequester atmospheric carbon)
Acronym: EUKI
Program Name: European Climate Initiative EUKI
Financing institution: European Climate Initiative
Project coordinator: Naturland eV – Association for Organic Agriculture
Project Manager: Dr. Jacek Nowak
Implementation period: 01.02.2025 to 30.04.2027
Resilient organic berry cropping systems through enhanced biodiversity and innovative management strategies (Shaping the resistance of berry plants in organic farming by improving biodiversity and innovative management strategies)
akronim: ResBerry
Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Program Name: SusCrop – ERA-NET
Project coordinator: Hochschule Geisenheim University
Project manager from IO-PIB: Dr. Habil. Grzegorz Doruchowski, prof. IO
Implementation periodtions: 01.11.2021/30.04.2025/XNUMX – XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX
Contract No.: CORE Organic/III/55/ResBerry/2022
Guideline for farm-specific or crop-specific rules for mitigating pesticide impacts while ensuring sustainable agriculture (Guidelines for individual farms or crops on how to mitigate the impact of pesticides while ensuring sustainable agriculture)
akronim: AGROWISE
Financing institution: European Commission
Program Name:LIFE
Project coordinator: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION
ET THE ENVIRONMENT
Project manager from IO-PIB: Dr. Eng. Wojciech Piotrowski
Implementation periodtions: 01.05.2024/31.10.2025/XNUMX – XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX
Contract No.: 101148740 - LIFE23-PRE-FR-AGROWISE - LIFE-2023-PLP
Soil condition improvement through rock-cellulose waste pellets and impregnated wood chips
(Improving soil condition through the use of waste cellulose-rock pellets and impregnated wood chips)
Acronym: SoilLifeBoats
Financing institution: European Commission, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
Program name: LIFE
Project coordinator: Research and Production Center "ALCOR" Sp. z o. o.
Project manager from IO-PIB: Ph.D. Jadwiga Treder, prof. IO
Implementation period: 01.06.2023 - 31.05.2028
Contract number: 101113635 − LIFE22-ENV-PLSoilLifeBoats
Improving plant quality and economy for a more sustainable and efficient berry production
(Improving plant quality and economics for more sustainable and efficient berry production)
akronim: QualityBerry
Program name: Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021
Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development
Contractor: Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomic Research, Norwegian company Graminor.
Project manager: Dr. Hab. A. Masny, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2023
Contract No.: NOR/POLNOR QualityBerry/0014/2019
Better tree health
(Improving the health of stone fruit trees)
Program Name: Norwegian Research Council
Financing institution: European Commission
Project coordinator: Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Project Manager: Dr. Habil. Joanna Puławska, prof. IO
Implementation period: 01.01.2019 to 31.08.2022
Improved bio-inocula and living mulching technologies for integrated management of horticultural crops.
(Improved technologies of bio-inoculation and mulching with living plants for integrated horticultural crops)
Acronym: BioHortiTech
Project website: biohortitech.inhort.pl
Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Program name: SusCrop – ERA-NET
Project coordinator: Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute
Project coordinator from IO: Dr. Hab. Magdalena Szczech, prof. IO
Implementation period: 1.04.2021 April 31.03.2024 – 01 March 2021 Contract number: SUSCROP/II/BioHortiTech/XNUMX/XNUMX
EU's support to capacity building gradual Union acquis alignment in the phytosanitary sector in BiH)
akronim: EUFITOBiH
Financing institution: European Commission
Program Name: Twinnig Project (BA 18 IPA AG 03 19)
Performer: The Italian Ministry of Agricultural, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Informest, Institute of Horticulture - PIB
Project manager from IO-PIB: Dr. Habil. Eligio Malusa
Implementation period: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023
Development of a blueberry harvester adapted to Chinese conditions
Program name: Polish-Chinese Research Cooperation Program
Financing institution: Shandong Academy of Agricultural Machinery Sciences
Project manager from IO-PIB: prof. dr hab. Ryszard Hołownicki
Implementation period: 01.05.2021 - 30.04.2024
Advancement of non-technological innovation performance and innovation capacity in fruit growing and processing sector in selected Baltic Sea Region countries
(Improvement of non-technological innovation achievements and innovation capacity of the fruit production and processing sector in selected countries of the Baltic Sea region)
Acronym: InnoFruit
Financing institution: ERDF
Program name: INTERREG Baltic Sea Region
Project coordinator: Latvia University of Agriculture
Project manager from IO: Dr. M. Sitarek
Implementation period: 01.03.2016 – 28.02.2019
Contract No.: InnoFruit #R004
Prevention of water contamination from point sources with plant protection products by improving extension specialists' vocational competences
(Prevention of water pollution with plant protection products from local sources by improving the professional competences of knowledge dissemination specialists)
Acronym: ProtectLife
Financing institution: European Commission
Program name: Erasmus +
Project manager at IO: Dr. G. Doruchowski
Implementation period: 01.12.2017 – 30.11.2019
Nr umowy: 2017-1-TR01-KA202-045641
Stimulating root growth of apple trees after planting
(Stimulating root growth of apple trees after planting)
Acronym: Danstar
Financing institution: Danstar Ferment AG
Program name: –
Project manager: Dr. Hab. E. Malusǎ, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 04.04.2018 – 31.12.2019
Contract No.: ZORPS/13/2018
Development of Study on the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector as necessary base for the development of the National Apiculture Program
(Development of research on production and trade structure within the beekeeping sector as a necessary basis for developing the National Beekeeping Support Programme)
Financing institution: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Montenegro
Program name: MNE-MIDAS_AF
Project Coordinator: Joint Venture RAD (Poland)/InHort (Poland)/HumanGraph (Poland)
Project manager from IO: Dr. Hab. Zbigniew Kołtowski, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 30.11.2018 – 30.03.2019
Contract No.: MNE-MIDAS_AF-8643-ME-CQ-CS-18-9.1
The same but different − is food in Baltic region different from what consumers eat in Western Europe?
(Same but different – is food in the Baltic Sea region different from what consumers eat in Western Europe?)
Acronym: SameButDifferent
Financing institution: European Commission
Program name: Consumer Program 2014-2020
Executor: Consumer Foundation, Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute, National Vartotoju Confederation, Latvian Pateretaju Interesu Aizstavibas Association
Project manager from IO-PIB: Dr. Hab. Monika Mieszczakowska-Frąc
Implementation period: 25.10.2020 – 24.12.2021
Contract No.: 951689
Empowering farmers to protect water
(Supporting farmers in activities aimed at protecting water from pollution)
Program name: Train Operators to Promote best management Practices & Sustainability
Financing institution: ECPA – European Crop Protection Association
Acronym: TOPPS on Farm
Project Coordinator: ECPA
Project manager from IO-PIB: dr hab. Grzegorz Doruchowski, prof. IO
Implementation period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021
Contract No.: contract concluded on 17.05.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX.
EurBeST pilot project: “Restructuring of the honey bee chain and varroa resistance breeding & selection program”
(Pilot project – Modification of the breeding program and selection of bees resistant to Varroa destructor)
Acronym: EurBeST
Program name: Pilot Project of DG Agriculture
Financing institution: European Commission
Project manager at IO: Dr. Hab. B. Bienkowska, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 1.06.2018 – 31.12.2021
Contract No.: contract concluded on 01.06.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX.
Dynamic sod mulching and use of recycled amendments to increase biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic apple orchards and vineyards
(Dynamic soil mulching and use of recycled soil improvers to increase biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic fruit orchards and vineyards)
Acronym: DOMINO
Program Name: Core Organic Cofund
Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development
Project coordinator: Università Politecnica delle Marche
Project manager: Dr. Hab. E. Malusǎ, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 02.05.2018 – 02.08.2021
Contract No.: CoreOrg/Cofund/Domino/1/2018
Sustainable food production through quality optimized raw material production and processing technologies for premium vegetable quality products and generated by-products
(Sustainable food production through quality-oriented optimization of raw material production and processing technologies to obtain premium vegetable products and semi-finished products)
SUNNIVA
Program name: ERA-NET SusFood
Financing institution: National Centre for Research and Development
Project coordinator: Nofirma AS – Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Norway
Project manager from IO: prof. dr hab. S. Kaniszewski
Implementation period: 2014 – 2017
European Specialist in Traditional Orchards (2012-2015)
ESTO

Coordinator: Alexander Seyboth, Thüringer Ökoherz eV, Germany
Coordinator at the Olympic Games: Grzegorz Hodun, M.A.
New soil improvement measures for pollution reduction and soil ecosystem revitalization BIOREWIT (2012-2015)

New soil improvement products for reducing the pollution of soils and waters and revitalizing the soil system
Consortium: IO (Coordinator), Institute of Exploitation Technology – PIB Radom
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Hab. Stanisław Kaniszewski
http://www.biorewit.inhort.pl/index.html
TOPPS – Water Protection (training and demonstration project)
Protection of water against contamination by plant protection products from local and area sources.

Financing institution: European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
Project manager from IO: Dr. Grzegorz Doruchowski
Implementation period: 01.05.2015 – 30.04.2018
Water protection against diffuse contamination "TOPPS-PROWADIS" – training and demonstration project (2011-2014)

Project carried out in cooperation with the European Crop Protection Association (ESPA).
Coordinator: Dr. Grzegorz Doruchowski
Better Training for Safer Food (2013-2014)
BTSF

Capacity building for Ministry of Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the field of EU third country listing criteria for plants and their fresh products – TWINING PROJECT (2012-2013)
Consortium: Fondazione Minoprio of Lombardy Region Viale Raimondi (Italy), Institute of Horticulture
Coordinator; Stefano Cocchi
Coordinator from the Polish side: Wiesław Podyma
Cooperation in frame of evaluation and breeding of Berry crops cultivars
Cooperation in the evaluation and breeding of berry plant varieties
Small Fruit Research Institute of Jilin Agricultural University, China
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Hab. Edward Żurawicz
Implementation period: 2009-2014
Genetic analysis of male sterility in tomato
Genetic Basis of Male Sterility in Tomato
Institute of Plant Genetics, Sofia, Bulgaria
Head of Department: Dr. Hab. Elżbieta U. Kozik, Prof. IO
Implementation period: 2010-2013
Evaluation of productive value of plants and fruit quality of Raspberry cv "Meeker" and Blackberry "Cacanska Besterna" propagated by traditional method and in vitro culture
Evaluation of the production value of plants and the quality of raspberry "Meeker" and blackberry "Čačanska Besterna" fruits propagated by traditional methods and in vitro conditions
EUBerry project cooperation with Fruit Research Institute, Čačak, Serbia
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Hab. Edward Żurawicz
Implementation period: 2011-2014
Fruit Breedomics – Bridging the gap between genomics and fruit breeding (the large collaborative Project): an EU-funded program to improve the efficiency of breeding new fruit varieties
Head of Project: Prof. Dr. Hab. Edward Żurawicz (Expert – member of the Project Advisory Committee)
Implementation period: 2011-2014
Securing European collections of genetic resources of the genus Allium vegetatively propagated (2007-2011)
The project is carried out under the Agri Gen Res program
Head of Department: Dr. Teresa Kotlińska
Contract No.: AGRI-2006-0395
Project co-financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education – SPB: Preservation of European collections of vegetatively propagated genetic resources of the Allium genus (2008-2011)
Head of Department: Dr. T. Kotlińska
Decision No.: 523/AgriGenRes/2008/7
Protection of genetic resources of vegetable plants and their use in breeding (1998-2011)
Contractors: Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing of Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Science, Kharkov, Ukraine
Department of Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology of Vegetable Plants, Laboratory of Vegetable Plant Genetic Resources
Integrated methods of protecting cruciferous vegetables against cabbage rootworm (Delia radicum) (2010-2012)
Contractors: Belarusian Institute of Plant Protection, Minsk
Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture, Babtai
Department of Vegetable Plant Protection, Vegetable Plant Entomology Laboratory
Integrated methods of protecting winter onion against economically important pests (2010-2012)
Performers: Warwick HRI The University of Warwick, Wellesbourne
Department of Vegetable Plant Protection, Vegetable Plant Entomology Laboratory
New sources of resistance to downy mildew in cucumber (2010-2012)
Artists: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Department of Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology of Vegetable Plants, Laboratory of Breeding and Biotechnology of Vegetable Plants
Fertilization of vegetables (tomato, cucumber, pepper) in soilless cultivation under covers (2010-2012)
Performers: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing
Vegetable Crop Cultivation and Fertilization Department, Vegetable Cultivation Workshop
Organic vegetable growing (2010-2012)
Contractors: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Vegetable Crop Cultivation and Fertilization Department, Vegetable Cultivation Workshop
Core Collection of Northern European Genetic Resources RIBES "RIBESCO" (2007-2011)
Performed by ISK: Dr. Habil. Stanisław Pluta
Decision No.: 566/AgriGebRes/2008/7
Participating countries: Finland, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark
Project co-financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education – SPB
Core collection of northern European genetic resources RIBES "RIBESCO" (2008-2011)
The project is carried out under the Agri Gen Res program
Coordinator: dr hab. Stanisław Pluta
Decision No.: 566/AgriGenRes/2008/7
Environmentally optimized sprayer (EOS) "BRIDGE" (2010-2011)
Project carried out in cooperation with the European Crop Protection Association (ESPA).
Coordinator: Dr. Grzegorz Doruchowski